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Twins to part ways with pitching coach Pete Maki
The Twins announced this morning they have parted ways with pitching coach Pete Maki as well as assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez. Maki had been with the organization since 2018, starting as a minor league pitching coordinator and working his way up the ranks until taking over as the pitching coach in 2022. Maki was […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “We’ll See You…Next Year” Edition
The Twins ended the season on a high note, winning their last two series, including playing spoiler in the AL West race, taking two games from the Rangers. This wraps up the season with a 77-85 record, good for 3rd in the AL Central, a distant seven games back from the last wild card spot, […]
A quizzical season: can you name every 2026 Twin?
Another season is complete, and the Twins once again saw their campaign end before October. Through all the frustrations, injuries, streaks, slumps, and cheers, there is always one certainty once the Minnesota Twins have recorded their final out of a year: the end-of-season Sporcle quiz. This year’s edition is… well… just like it is every […]
Twins 6, Rangers 4: Out with some bangs
It is tempting to turn the commentary on Game 162 of a playoff-less season towards current complaints and hopes for next season. I’m not going to do that here—plenty of posts from myself and the entire cadre of Twinkie Town writers will dig into all that soon enough. For today—one final time in 2026—a Minnesota […]
Game 162: Rangers at Twins
First Chuck: 2:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Lone Star Ball Picture this scene: A lone (tall) man outside walking. It is 5:00 PM CST—and pitch dark. The man is clothed in long underwear, sweatpants, three shirt layers, and a parka with fur […]
Rangers 6, Twins 2: Ober and Out
Well, in their quest to aid major-league history and prevent a sub-.500 team from winning their division, the Texas Rangers knocked the Twins around in a rain-delayed, 6-2 victory on Saturday afternoon. With the Houston Astros just underway, the Rangers improve to 80-81, and give themselves a fighting chance of claiming the West with another […]
Game 161: Rangers at Twins
First Pitch: 3:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Last night, you got Joe Ryan and Jacob deGrom. This afternoon, you get Bailey Ober and Nathan Eovaldi. After another full season of Saturday previews, all I can tell you is that after last night’s veteran matchup resulted […]
Twins 10, Rangers 2: Ryan settles down and Twins bat around
After a shaky start, Joe Ryan settles in nicely (except for hitting Alejandro Osuna twice) and the bats come to life. Good chance to play spoilers this weekend! Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Walker Jenkins almost makes a great catch on a sinking Brandon Nimmo liner, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, curling, darts, and […]
Game 160: Rangers at Twins
Time: 7:10 Central Weather: Absolutely great, start temp 67° Opponent’s SB site: Lone Star Ball TV: Twins TV. Radio: Gladden will soon be cruising on his motorcycle being Weird for six months, say “hi” if you see him Well, what we all wanted is for the Twins to be playing meaningful baseball in September, right? […]
The 2006 Twins spent one day in first place—but it was a good day
When we last left the 2006 Minnesota Twins, they were weathering injuries while continuing to win. With seventeen contests left in the season, only 1.5 games separated them from AL Central-leading Detroit. The next two weeks produced more of the same: a 10-4 mark from September 14-September 28. Two players in particular pushed the potential […]
2026 Twins Minor League Awards
Every minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins has closed out their season, which means it is time to look back at who the top performers were. It was a mixed bag of a season across the organization. Many of the top prospects were riddled with injuries, but there was plenty to be excited about, […]
Twins 4, Giants 2: Luke towards the future
Game goes: the season is endingWith Prielipp and the glovemen defending.Now Luke swings, and a homer is sending:We are ahead. So here we are in a year bizarre;How to finish? Who can tell?We’ve earned and reeled on the baseball field;Overall, it wasn’t swell.We’ll finish stronger atPac Bell. (I don’t care that it’s been named Oracle […]
Game 159: Twins at Giants
First Pitch: 2:45 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Oppo: McCovey Chronicles Little jubilation,The season near complete:They’ve reached elimination nowAnd can’t avoid defeat.Depressingly expectedFrom the early lack of pay,But where are they projected now?It’s too early yet to say. These are the gamesThey’ve gone down in flames.Now who points […]
Twins 3, Giants 2: Just enough for a win
Taj Bradley wasted no time in getting his 200th strikeout of the year tonight, fanning Drew Gilbert. He became the 10th Twins pitcher to record at least 200 in a season, the last one being Pablo Lopez in 2023. It was the first of six strikeouts he would tally tonight, going six innings and allowing […]
Game 158: Twins at Giants
First Pitch: 8:45 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App Know thine enemy: McCovey Chronicles If Taj Bradley gets a strikeout tonight he’ll reach the 200 strikeout milestone for the season. The last Twins pitcher to do so was Pablo Lopez in 2023 with 234 strikeouts. I just […]
Giants 5, Twins 2: Sleepy baseball
Well, after making fun of the makeup of the Giants’ current roster in my game thread, it’s only fitting that the Twins blew this one. That’s baseball for you. Zebby Matthews was on the mound for the Twins and was less sharp after a silencing the Yankees his last time out. It was a rough […]
Game 157: Twins at Giants
First Pitch (CT): 8:45 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: McCovey Chronicles The Twins were officially eliminated from playoff contention yesterday, but they’ve been emotionally eliminated for a few weeks now. Honestly, being eliminated this late in the game is truly a testament to how milquetoast the entire American League has […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Time To Say Goodbye” Edition
We come to the last week of the season, and the Twins have officially been eliminated from playoff contention and will not be able to finish the season with a winning record. On the bright side, Walker Jenkins figured out major league pitching! The Twins wrap up the season with a series in San Francisco […]
Twins 8, Angels 0: California Beamin’
In a series that previously featured two walk-off wins from the wannabe-Los Angeles Angels, this Sunday gave them the opportunity to continue staving off 100 losses. Instead, Twins OF Alan Roden said “not today, Anaheim!” and almost single-handedly powered the MIN offense to a big victory and drove LAA ever closer to that first triple-digit […]
Game 156: Twins at Angels
First Chuck: 3:07 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Crashing The Pearly Gates A few weeks ago, the Twins TV broadcast commented on how manager Derek Shelton trotted the same lineup out to the umpires for five consecutive contests. In today’s matchup/platoon-heavy baseball environment, […]
Angels 6, Twins 5: Mostly Dead
The Twins made their remaining loyal contingent suffer through a blown lead and another loss in extra frames, as the Angels took the third game of the series. Walker Jenkins continued his tear, leading off the third inning with a single. This would enable Luke Keaschall to bring him home on a one-out double; Keaschall […]
Game 155: Twins at Angels
First Pitch: 8:38 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy The kids have been showing out a bit in Anaheim, providing one of the only remaining reasons to watch 2026 Twins baseball as this underwhelming season has normalized itself to fall back in line with preseason projections. Now, […]
Twins 3, Angels 0: Prielipp pitches a gem
Rookie Connor Prielipp faced a struggling team that still has some potent hitters, and turned in the longest start of his young career. While Walker Jenkins continues coming out of his early slump. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Leadoff target Luke Keaschall is hit by a pitch for the 22nd time this season; it’s a new Twins […]
Game 154: Twins at Angels
Time: 8:38 Central (?) Weather: Dry but hot, 91° No opponent’s SB site, a popular fansite is Crashing the Pearly Gates TV: Twins TV. Radio: Gene Autry’s wife talked him into recording “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” 26-year-old Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez had two promising seasons with Baltimore until missing all of last year with injury; […]
The 2016 Twins plummeted to new franchise lows by season’s end
The 2016 Minnesota Twins season began with great optimism. It took almost no time at all for such hopefulness to turn horrific: an 0-9 start followed by Total System Failure (TM). No amount of Brian Dozier dingers could fully compensate for RF Miguel Sano & the abject failure of Byung Ho-Park. In the months of […]
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